Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & IdentityBy OCDUKYA Holly Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Holly’s post
Rachel – OCD & Identity Poem
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & IdentityBy OCDUKYA RachelInside of my head there’s a voice, It doesn’t sound like mine. I can’t remember my life without it, It’s there all of the time. It shouts and screams and yells, Shattering the …
Becky – OCD & Identity
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & IdentityBy OCDUKYA BeckyWhen you are in therapy, because it takes so much out of you, it can really become a large part of your life. From personal experience, your life can begin to revolve around …
Erin – Photography
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactI have been working on this in photography class to show how people do not know how you may be feeling on the inside, and to raise awareness. The title of this is “you never know what …
India – The recipe for an OCD
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactRecipe for an OCD: Mix 100.09g of obsessions with 99.67g of compulsions in a bowl. Pour 80.89ml of intrusive thoughts in and mix well. Add a teaspoon of checking behaviours and a tablespoon of paranoia and stir. …
Becky – OCD & Holidays
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD during the holidays By OCDUKYA BeckyFor many young people, the summer holidays are soon approaching or have already started and while this can be an exciting time, it can also be extremely daunting for people suffering from …
Charlotte F – OCD & Education
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & EducationBy Charlotte CIn my experience, schools may struggle to understand and to recognise OCD. Before I started CBT in late 2019, my OCD had been particularly bad in a school setting and took a real …
Charlotte C – OCD & Education
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & EducationBy Charlotte C Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Charlotte’s post
Rachel – OCD & Education
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & EducationBy RachelOCD does not leave me as I walk through the school gates, it sits next to me in the classroom and walks beside me in the corridor. In exams it scribbles thoughts into my …
Lucy – OCD & Education
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & EducationBy Lucy Education is one of many things that OCD can make more challenging, but it’s such a huge part of a lot of people’s lives that it is, at least for me, a lot …
Rachel – Stigma
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & StigmaBy RachelWhen I’d tell people in school that I had OCD they’d move my pen and ask how it made me feel. Or they’d put a red pencil in a pot full of blue ones …
Mia talks OCD with Tom Rosenthal
Lived Experience VideoMia talks OCD with Tom RosenthalOCDUKYA Mia talks OCD with actor and comedian, Tom Rosenthal.Mia In April, OCD-UK Young Ambassador Mia was joined by OCD-UK’s Ashley Fulwood and Zoe Wilson as they interviewed Tom Rosenthal about his OCD …
